Chickenpox vaccine on sale at pharmacy

YOU can now buy a vaccine for chickenpox on the high street.

Pharmacy chain Superdrug on The Piazza in Huddersfield town centre is offering the vaccine for £65.

Gone are the days of ‘chickenpox parties’ where you were sent round to a friend’s house to catch the virus.

While chickenpox is largely harmless in children it can pose a risk to those with low immune systems. It can also be severe if caught in adulthood.

The vaccine is available on the NHS – but it is only offered to those with weak immune systems (such as those with HIV or those undergoing chemotherapy) or non-immune healthcare workers.

The vaccination is available at £65 per dose, and two doses – four to eight weeks apart – are recommended to give heightened immune protection.

Dr Pixie McKenna, Superdrug’s Health and Wellbeing Ambassador, said: “Chickenpox is often seen as a rite of passage in childhood resulting in anything from a very mild to a more serious infection in different people.

“Having suffered from severe chicken pox at the age of 19 I would far rather have undergone the vaccine than be struck down with the infection.” THIS is the disgusting sight which greets shoppers on Leeds Road at Bradley.

The rubbish which is overflowing from a bin outside Harlands Fish & Chip Shop hasn’t been emptied for over two weeks, according to workers on the site which is shared by Greggs, Tesco Express and Coral Bookmakers.

With the bin so full some lazy litterbugs have instead discarded their waste lunch packaging on the grass verge.

The sea of sandwich packets, coffee cups and cigarette packets are now dumped across the site.

One shopper said: “It’s disgusting. Nothing like putting you off your lunch.”

It’s not the first time the site has looked unappealing for shoppers and staff. Earlier this year fly-tippers struck and even dumped a mattress.

Kirklees Council has been notified of the waste but said the bin is not their responsibility.

A spokesman added: “While it is not council land we will work with the landowner to help them tackle the issue.”